La Grande evening observer., July 25, 1923, Image 7

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THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Wednesday, July 25 ,1923.
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MAILHUAU 5
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TO ORDER
Railroads Set Record '
In Reducing Loss and
Damage to Freight
(By the Associated Press)
SALT IjAKK CITY, July
Striking success ha been achieved
by the railroads of the country in quality and yield for yean..- There la
their campaign they have been wig- a g00(j demand in the local market
Intr and are still wnlnj to reduce loss for new poutoea at 1 to 4 cent. Fruit
Rainier Reports Good Crops. itself. Interesting and valuable ex-'the general hoard of education in the Part of the remainder ef the endow-
ItAINIKIl, Or.. Jul 26. With tperlmenta nro easily tried here and church. The situation was discussed ment will be devoted to maintenance,
oy irr. rAigar r- nui or new iorx, anu part to me development oi ine
freneral Becretary of the hoard, form- industries which will srive employ
er pastor of First church in Port- ment to the self-supporting: students.
land, anu uia Kev. i-rank JN. Kaile
of New York, another member of
the general board.
Every Student To Work.
bountiful rainfall, the prospects for
bumper crops In this part of Colum
bia county were aever better. Pota
toes, though with a much mailer
acreage, promise the best in point of
and damage to freight, figures just
'made public by the American Rail
forty-mile railroad over the desert be-Wtty assoclatlon howing that between
tween Lund and Cedar City, rushed to'1920 and 1921 payment for loss and
completion in 87 days, at a cost of .damage were reduced I from fllMOO.-
$1,049,000, was one of the Incidentals vu" w.,ou.wu or'" per ceou
In the recent reception by the state of Tho firat tne tnionths of 1923
Utah to President Hardlne. claim payments ere 6J per cent lees
, On April 2, last, tho right of way
men, acting for the Union Pacific rail
road, secured poaeasion of the needed
ground for the construction of the
railway from the Salt Lake route
main lino at Lund to the entrance of
Zion National Park, and on the same
day the first scrap erf ul of earth was
turned on the grade.
The contractor strung his men out
jn sections and as fast as a section
Was completed, the track-laying crew
took possession and the ties and rails
were set in place. Crowding upon
their In'4-ln was the ballast crew. And
bo tho work wus rushed towurd Cedar
City.
In tho midst of this orgy of toll
cumo word that tho President of the
United Slates would visit 'Aon Park,
providing tho track wus In shupo for
liis big special train upon his arrlvul
in tho west. Kvery man on tho sys
tem from tho highest executive to
the lowliest section hand plunged in
to the work with redoubled energy.
Whereupon there cumo ' tho an
nouncement that President Harding'
trip to southern Utah had been can
celled, and the, work dragged. ,
JJtit again came cheering news, def
inite this time, that tho - Prudent
would cumc. ignoring dust and des
ert heat, the men , plunged into tho
Job again, determined to finish tho
road In time.
Only forty-eight hours before tho
arrival ot the President's train tho de
pot site at Cedar City was strewn
with foundations and debris left from
tho removal ot houses that had been
carted away or torn down. Pal last
trains brought in clean white gravel.
An upproach twenty lect wide for
aulomobittt travel was graded and
surfaced and grounds wero roped off.
Twelve hours before tho president's
train was duo tho electricians wero
erecting poles and stringing the lights
along tho railway track and tho sta
tion year.
The superintendent of tho work
rodo Into Cedar City ton a pilot train
ahead of tho presidential train and
met his yard foreman, who was just
finishing his second continuous 24
liour shift that week., J-Io was Cov
ered with dirt and griino and a half
Inch growth o( rough beard bristled
on his face. Tho suporintendont pre
vailed upon him to get cleaned up
and take a little nap beforo the pres
ident arrived. The man dragged him
self into a car within 500 feet of tho
Bitot where tho president's special
was "parked," and slept so soundly
that ho never seven saw the highest
executive.
iuring the construction of tho new
branch, ballast trains bringing gravel
weru given right of way over every
other train on tho Salt I-uke - routo
main line. Tho biggest day's output
was 119 cars. In the S7 day's nearly
one-half million tons of gravel were
hauled an average distance of 100
miles.
larcrest. becauso of their oerishablo
nature. fThe causes of loss and dani-
Uige are nuiucrous. ror example, in
rthe first throe months of 1923 the
railways-bad to pay claims amount
ing to tf.ifi0.000 resulting from dam
age by rough handling or cars, and
$873,000 because of claims resulting
from robberies. '
The ratio of the total freight claims
paid to the total freight earnings In
1919 was 2.95 per cent; In 1920 it
wns 2.78 per cent; In 1921.-2.36 per
cent, and In 1922 only 1.12 per cent,
which probably. Is relatively' the best,
record ever made In any year. .-.',.'
PROMISE NEWS NOTES
PltOMISB. July 25. Promise Is
huvlnir Home wry warm days. Most
of the men of Promise lire busy put
tlntf up Ihrir liay.
ltev. Petello preached lit , Promise
Thursday niifhi, ami returned to Wal
lowa Willi Joe I'arper Krlduy.-.
Mrs. V: U. llescoek is on the slcfc
lisf.
Mrs. Curtis l.indsoy Is vlsltlnii' In
rrninl.se with relatives this week. -
li. K. Thompson ami wife made a
business trip to Wallowa the rirst ol
tho week.
.Mrs. ('. H. (Irlffllh ami children
visited with Mrs. W. H. Heseoik Sun
day and Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. l.co Smith well- railed
to YValluwa Monday on account of Ill
ness. (. S. Trump and family called on
it. K. Thompson and family Satur
day. . I'lmrli.H Workman und family drove
in Promise Saturday from lmnaha to
visit.. Mrs. Woltinan s parents, J. K
r-..rf.r und family.
i.v.Mik and l-'red Carper called on
ti.i.. sntiiidav and Sunday.
Mrs! V It. Henderson returned
from Wallbua Tuesday.
Via and Truman Toulson. I.ee
Smith ami Hoy Horner came In from
camp Saturday.
l-lnrnhl and Howard Carper,
rew l.-leslimsn and Dwane Clorbctt are
helplliK I.. M. Fleshman with his hay.
I.ora Carper relumed from Wal
lowa Thursday where she has been
working for Mrs. Thorp.
Tlinnmsnn nno son, ni". --
than In the same months of '1921 and
2$ per cent lens .than , In the same
months of 1922. . ' v
During the war and " especially
when the railways wore being, oper
ated by the government;' loss and
damage of freight and payments mad.
for .them Increased abnoRpaily.:t ' To
tal payments for loss n 4uaa sf
freight In 117 were ll.000,oo.i'ln
192D such payment wers. -9111,000,-000,
aa Increase of 140 per oent' TWs
increase was duo .to ta, ... groat
increases In . prices of oommodlUes,
which made all commodities shipped
more valuable, to a decline -In the
morale of railway employes and: de?
tcrlorution of the condition of the
equipment.1 Tho first cause .' was be
yond the control of the roads.'-but aft
er the ruliwnys were returned to pri
vate operation they Jointly' engaged
in a nation-wide campaign to reduce
lass and 'damage by remedying . the
latit two factors and by cooperation
crops,' except cherries, will yield above
the average. Cannery running full
time packing frult,and berries.
Valley Crops Improve !
COHVALL1S, Or., July 26. Crop
conditions of such fruits as apples,
prunes, walnuts and pears are much
Improved, during the last two week,
over the previous estimations, accord
ing to farmers living In this vicinity.
Favorable weather conditions for 'the
fruit have made the .walnut and apple
crops possibly better than- last year.
It is reported. Molstur conditions
will maks .th apples vary larr and
very 1 litis scab Is re-ported from ta
large prsduclng sections. .
BOSTON SCHOLAR '
SEES MENACE IN
COLLEGE CONTROL
(Ily the Associated Tress) ,;
CAMIimiHtH. Mji-h .iniv 2fi re
operation between national soelotlca
nprenentlng college teachers on the
one hand and college administrative
orriwrn on the other
arriving at a better
there but with no certainty of perma-
nenco or imitation.
. "The way out. to a better under
standing and better method necessar
ily lies ultimately with the Individual
cnllogti but much will depend on or
ganised and concerted action. The
possibility of this now rests iu such
national societies as the American
Association of University Professors
on the one hand, representing the
college teachers, and the-Association
of American Colleges, the Association
of Btate Colleges, etc., on the other,
representing administrative officers
and to so mo extent trustees. Through
tho co-operation of these bodies It
should, for the first time In our ed
ucational history, be possible to deal
with a national problem in a national
way, -. establishing standards which
may count on progressive acceptance
by the colleges."
COLLEGE WILL
SEEK B
GS
Under the self-help plan, every
student in college will work to pay
at least a part of his expenses,
whether he is poor or well-to-do. The
present purpose is to start at the
new plan at Albany in the coming
fall term. The synod is not expect
ing to let the institution grow be
yond BOO or 600 students The pres
ent enrollment is about 200. Dr.
Clarence W. Greene, president of the
college, is among those attending the
synod session.
Three new buildings will be erect
ed on this unit plan. Dr. Greene said
today. The cost will total $380,000
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Kvery class of shippers suffer ' by ' ruf ls"ul: Httrr' w- Tyler. Professor
loss and damage of freight and ,Tytor Is hciul of the mathematics de
benefited by tlielr reduction.' I.oss I J,rt,,,,,.n' " ,ho Massachusetts Instl-
nml damage payments on fresh fruits swreiary oi
and vegetables' are relatively -'. the
. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, July 2ft. Albany college will
be reorganized and developed into a
us u meuns of i self-help institution with a new site,o
understundlne land a new plant, it was decided by
ana better methods In Amerleun col- the Presbyterian synod of uregon,
ges aim universities is -suggested by , now In session here. In tne develop
Announce New Magailtm i it-.1. .. .;
SAORAMKNTO. July 26. Dedicat
ed to the' promotion of the develop
ment of, northern California... ..the
"Sacramento Spokesman" 'will make
lis Initial appearance . the . 'first oC
A
nacrumonio t.iiumuer vi .oiiimcrcw. asu,0
il liloiliuiy uiUBiruit-u iiiuifiur.iiie uiiu
the American Association of Univer
sity Professors.
' Iteferrlng to tho recent enforced
reslgnutlun of President Alexander
Melklejohn of Amherst College and
tho resignation of several Clark Unl
vcrslty professors accompanied by
statements protestinK agulnst ! the
methods of President Wallace W. AL
wood, ho says:
"These events cunnot- be regunlcd
as merely local In their significance.
Quito regardless of the faults or mer
its of Individuals Is there not reason
to Infer that the events aro merely
symptoms of somo more fundamen
tal defect, in .the organisation ot our.,
higher institutions?".. ' .
The four groups 'involved In uni
versity management, ' Professor Tyler
says, aro the trtistees, the fueulty, thu.i
alumni and the undergraduates. Thu
trpsteca are usual ly"somcwhat averse),
to! Innovation." Members of the fne-lf.
ment proR-ram it is planned to raise
about. (00,000 from available
sources; to offer for sale the present
buildings of the college and move
the institution itself to a new site,
recently purchased outside the lim
its of Albany. Dr. D. A. Thompson,
stated clerk of the synod, said it was
hoped , to move the college to its
new location by the full of 1924.
Only One On Self-Help Plan.
Monev for the buildings, endow
ment und equipment will be raised
largely under the direction of the
Presbyterian churches of the Pacific
coast. Albany college, it was point
ed out, is the only school on the
Pacific coast yet put on the self
help plan.
The action took the form of adop
tion of the recommendation made ,by
The Good
icrumento MAX WELL
certain faction of the alumni
will tersely toll of the activities of the ,.j ' ,' . ," . ;.Ji l ,
northern counties. Kaeh number wllll"'"1 f a,ma Tn1 undcr-;'
be a reference book for business men .,lu."? 'TT '?r nKW, ' " '
... . . anu leadership, not always just In
on tho resources and deve opments of ,H. , . . ..
, their sense of proportion as to actlv-H
Itles' an scholarship and liable to bo J
The Same Everywhere.
The editor of Pnisn Akhbar, a na
tive newspaper of Lahore, India, says
"T hnve used Chnmberlnin's Colic
and Diarrhoea Remedy many time
among my children and servants, for
colic and diarrhoea and always found
it effective." Adv.
If mere law enforcement Is the
thing most -desirable, perhaps it
would be well, to raise the speed
limit to eighty, miles an hour.
Rend the Observer Want Ads.
northern Callfornla.
Bpacc Is allotted to every civic and
commercial organization of northern
California, In which to tell the vital
facts of their districts and their ac
complishments. Secretaries- of' alt
northern chambers of commerce are
now preparing material for the first
Issue. The' Spokesman- will be edlU-tl
by Iiert K.Mews, a well khown' news1-
iwiper and magazine- editor of Hac-
ramcnto and the bay cities. - - -
,.......u f .,,wnt, iva, uitvienieu iii.S
commercialized athletics." 1 1
Remurklng that the collego presl-:!
dent Is expected to make mora 'or less
Itlg Mineral F.ipmlt(on
SACRAMENTO, July- 25.' Tlans
are being rapidly completed for Cali
fornia's greatest mineral exposition,
to lie held In connection with the
1 n2:t California state fair by the .de
partment of mines und mining of the
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, In
cooperation with the state mining bu
reau und the I'nlted States Chamber
of Commerce. .
At least three sections In the main
agricultural hall will lie allotted for
the mineral displays by Charles V.
Palne secretary-manager of; the state
fair. 'Several counties . aro'';protarlng
special exhibits: of; gold.: ;sllver. gems
and Industrial ';; 1fiine1ali), , Including
Shasta, SlsklqiiUm 1'laCi r. Trinity Ne
vada. Amador, Caluvaros and Tuo
lumne counties. , .
Miring machinery ond equipment
will lie housed in a lurgeten to be
erected in the rear of the exhibit halt.
.Much of the mining equipment will
bo shown In actual operation. There
will be housed In a large tent to be
dredgers In operation. Air drills will
bore their wuy through great Blabs
or granite and limestone. Small new
mills of the latest design will grind
ore. )enionstrutions of mine safety
apparatus will also be given, and
there will be mine rescue und mine
drilling contests.
successful appeal to all these groups,!1
t-roressor Tyler says: - t
There" arti probably such suner-
men lf not' in presidential captivity) j J
but tho chalice, of 'discovering one for is
a given place is well rilgh negligible. I
Tho difficulties which arise- Are main
ly, duo to the Xucx '.Oiat tne business
management and thu educational con- j
duct of an institution continually!!
overlap. In numberless mutters ofjf
greut Importance best results require
co-operation of. trustees and faculty,.
or of both with alumni. - I
"t'nder present conditions In (liin
country each institution Is a law unto ;
And-
Europe's problems will be solved
when somebody devises a pcheme to
profit everybody at tho expenso of
everybody else.
Read the Observer Want Ads.
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insisuwiiiy for llur'tlmt are O
Blratifit and snTle
mllluT works
pcr.iadluir u
faslloji
Is praised by all who an
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demonstr
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FjS C. W, Bunting
& Son
Telephone Main 792
own a smooth-fitting success.
Tou'll lovo thu new models of
Jja Camlllo trlvlmr von the
JJ lines and buoyancy of youth.
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Low-topped nnd of dainty fab
ricationlightly boned but vis
ible only In their boneflts.
Bo fitted to your Individual
modol of "I.a Camlllo" and en
Joy a youthful figure and a flex
ible ease that is delightful.
A complote line ot the latest
models always on hand.
Mrs. Robt. Pattison
Corset lero
Phone I22-W Rea. 1703 Oak
A big difference
There's a big difference in motor oils.
Most of them are by-products from gaso
line manufacture. Very few refineries
make lubricating oils their chief business.
suNncn
THEJbrSTILLED.OlL!
is made by lubrication specialists. A pat
ented process gives unifotmsdistiUauaE
everyAlrop is likevWy other drop.
And itrs pure not a compound of light
"cylindjcivfjfock," that gummy, "
ck stuftthr9fTorms carbon. .
: less oil and get more power
with Sunoco. You'll see the difference,
too, in repair bills. There are six types of
Sunoco. One is best for your car.
Ask your Sunoco dealer for booklet,
"What'j Hafifienltvg In jlde Your Motor?"
MARSHALL-WELLS COMPANY
DULUTH MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND SPOKANB
That dtalm sell SUNOCO talk lubrication with them
ed crn,- .
t.a Grande, Oregon.
HA1NK8 UARAGE,
Haines, Oregon,
E, B. GltAVl:S.
Durkee, Oregon.
EAOI.E VAU.KY QARAQE,
Ulchlnnd, Oregon.
HUNTINGTON OARAGE,
Huntington, Oregon.
CI.AUK'S OAHAGIO,
Prairie City, Oregon.
TOIIHIST OAHAOK.
John Uny, Oregon.
JUNTUriA, OAltAtJE.
Juntura, Oregon.
C. B. WOODWAMI,
Vale, Oregon. -ONTA11IO
(IAIIAGE, '
Ontnrlo, Oregon.
OllKOON TltAlL GAftAQE,
Ontario, Oregon.
AOOINGTON AUTO CO.,
Council, Idaho. '
CAMBItlDGE GARAGE,
Cambridge, Idaho.
CKNTItAI, SERVICE STA
llolse, Idaho.
noisE mOtoti park,
Uuisu, Idaho. .
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GET A G;
H. & S
107 Depot St.
Sommer Hotel Bldff,
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ent to camp
i Sunday to cut wood.
Iiislicc Johns to lletiinl.
SAI.KM. f'r-- July IV Aecordin;
.. received from 'Senator Me
FOR SALE
A choice home on "n- si reel on the
brow of the hill In Old Town, over
looking the elly and valley, consist
ing of a modern house, 7 acres of
land, a small lake, fruit .trees, berries,
shrubbery, Bhado trees, lawn, garden
and p.istun an ideal place for one
,.. .. ...... .... Inhiis of the who desires lo Keep a cu ,. en.. .
Nary. Associate Justice Jo I s of U g ony
"L '"thirlmmcr on his land a pay n. of half cash ha.
formerly was die It; balance terms iu - i---
choser. i ome in uim lei u nnv j "
a real bargain.
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LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
MACHINE SHOP AND FOUNDRY
All Kinds of Machinery, Automobiles) and Tractors Repaired,
Overhauled and RCbmlt.
Acetylene Weldlrfg Jt All Kinds
Cylinder Boring and tcrslxe PjgH0n
Crankshafts, Pistons andf iston UUK Reground
Cite IJsi TjH
D. FITZGERALD Prop.
Reynolds and Zi
Judge Jolins
a member of the Oregon supreme
court.
IF SKIN BREAKS
OUT AN b' ITCHES
APPLY SULPHUR
Iour-ro
tritimttu
9 1 1 50;
(be buliwi
tt-rins to
m .iouim lot 7l'xl0 fi't.
North HIrch street. lrli-
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In monthly insii
an itching, hurnssi;
in. the itchinesrTo
lulphur ptTT
it coid
and
skin spe-
iration, made
cam. gives sucn
f,i-rv n-zenu.
cr been found to I0"'
Itit the moment
Sulphur t'
broken out
healing bcci
cialist. This
into a pica
a quick re
that nothin
take its I
Bccausents germ-destroying prop
erties, it Ttiickly subdues the itching,
rools the irritation and heals die eczenw
right tip, leaving a clear, smooth skin
in place of ugly eruptions, rash, pirn
pies or i'0"la.c?s.
You do not have ti wait for improve
ment. Ji quirkly iho'.v.-. : eu can F't
i ,.ulc jar ui i-cnlcs Mtniho-Sulnj-f
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Funeral Service ParlqrKcensed Embalmer,
Ambulance,,SefVicei yrohe Main 62.
et, La Grande, Oregon
C. E. ZIMMERMAN,
Licensed Embalmer.
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FURNISHERS
inrr Machine for Sale or Rent
From $5.00 to $116.00
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Fir & Jefferaon
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Sawyer-Holmes Merc. Co,
Phone Main 17